Gambia · Nature Walks

8-Hour Makasutu Cultural Forest Tour with Boat Trip and Forest Walk

8 Hours Round trip from 896M+6HC Moderate pace

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The journey

Trip highlights

01 Enjoy a beautiful boat trip along the mangrove creek with birds, monkeys, and fiddler crabs
02 Climb a 4-story tower for sightseeing, pictures, and a tea or coffee break
03 Join a guided forest walk focused on local and medicinal plants and their uses
04 Meet a traditional healer and a palm wine tapper within the forest
05 End with a Gambian buffet lunch and a visit to the local craft market

Sign up for this cultural excursion to Makasutu Cultural Forest, an ecotourism woodland reserve and palm forest on the banks of a beautiful meandering tributary of the River Gambia at Madina Bolong. Enjoy a beautiful boat trip along the mangrove creek, spot birds, monkeys and fiddler crabs, and learn about the medicinal uses of local trees and plants on a guided forest walk. You will also meet a traditional healer and a palm wine tapper before ending the experience with a Gambian buffet lunch and a visit to the local craft market.

During the tour, you will enjoy a beautiful boat trip along the mangrove creek, where you can see different beautiful birds, monkeys, fiddler crabs, oysters, oyster collectors in small dugout canoes, and daily fishermen.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Moderate

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access No

City Bakau

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Makasutu Cultural Forest, Mangrove Creek and Forest Walk

Connect with your tour guide, who will pick you up from your hotel to begin the program itinerary.
This is an excellent trip that gives you the opportunity to explore the wonders of nature and wildlife. During the tour, you will enjoy a beautiful boat trip along the mangrove creek, where you can see different beautiful birds, monkeys, fiddler crabs, oysters, oyster collectors in small dugout canoes, and daily fishermen.
At the second camp, you will climb a 4-story tower for sightseeing and pictures, where you will have a tea or coffee break before starting a guided nature tour.
Next is the forest walk, an amazing walk led by a nature guide who gives you a brief lecture on local and medicinal plants and their uses in the forest.
You will also meet a traditional healer and a palm wine tapper within the forest.
The tour ends with a beautiful Gambian buffet lunch and a visit to the local craft market. You can also see hundreds of baboons, many monkeys, and birds.